What's Australia like?

[Gen.]

This is the first time I've heard of an egg pizza.

 

[Jay]

Actually, Kraft (The makers of Vegemite) is now owned by a US company.

I'm talking about originally and it is still made in Australia.

 

[Casio]

Does everyone, even little girls, see rabbits as vermin?

You know we built the World Longest Fence to keep them contained?

Another very Australian place to visit is the 'Dog on the Tuckerbox'. Which is a, um, Dog on a Tuckerbox.

EDIT: I can't believe some of you Aussies have never had Egg on pizza. I think I'll buy one this week now and take a dirty big photo of me eating it.

 

[Gen.]

Oh yea, we have practically a big version of everything.

 

[guska]

You know we built the World Longest Fence to keep them contained?

Didn't really work that well though, still rabbits on both sides AFAIK

 

[Casio]

Oh yea, we have practically a big version of everything.

Big Pineapple.

Big Banana

There is also a Giant Earthworm, Shark, and a few other things that no one cares about.

 

[ExigeEvan]

@ Casio- I'm sure steve Irwin showed that fence and pointed out how some rabbits were gettin past.

With your rabbit problem, are Elma Fudd and Wile E coyote national heroes?

 

[Gen.]

@ Casio- I'm sure steve Irwin showed that fence and pointed out how some rabbits were gettin past.

With your rabbit problem, are Elma Fudd and Wile E coyote national heroes?

No we have 2 animals that we eat as our heroes/symbols.

True story.

 

[amp88]

What's the biggest can of beer you can buy?
Is it true there are some sections of roads in the middle of the desert that are unrestricted? I heard that on V8 Supercars but wasn't sure if it was a joke or not.

 

[ExigeEvan]

Kangaroo and Cork hats?

 

[Casio]

@ Casio- I'm sure steve Irwin showed that fence and pointed out how some rabbits were gettin past.

With your rabbit problem, are Elma Fudd and Wile E coyote national heroes?

The fence did not stop the rabbits from moving westward through the first fence. There were parts of the fence which eroded underneath, holes in the wire developed and sometimes gates would be left open which enabled the rabbits to pass through it. Following the First World War there was a plague of rabbits in farmland in Western Australia. Farmers had to use individual fences around their paddocks, and poison baits, fumigation machines, and trappers or even school children trapping rabbits for pocket money were used to try and control the rabbits, with rabbit skins valuable during the Great Depression. Later "warren ripping" was used with a tractor or truck using a plough over a rabbit's warren to destroy rabbit tunnels.

But we do have to blame the Poms for it.

Rabbits were first brought into Australia by the First Fleet. They were not released into the wild until 1859, when Victorian grazier Thomas Austin imported 24 specimens from England and released them on his Victorian farm. At the time he had stated:
"The introduction of a few rabbits could do little harm and might provide a touch of home, in addition to a spot of hunting."[1] By 1894 rabbits had spread across the entire Australian mainland.

Nice one Thomas Austin. You're going on the list.

 

[Cap'n Jack]

One thing you must really look-out for in Australia is those darn Drop Bears, they're something you really need to look out for in "well-tree'd" areas.

 

[guska]

There is also a Giant Earthworm, Shark, and a few other things that no one cares about.

http://www.wilmap.com.au/bigstuff/default.htm

Is it true there are some sections of roads in the middle of the desert that are unrestricted? I heard that on V8 Supercars but wasn't sure if it was a joke or not.

That is correct, 90% of the Northern Territory has open limits. However you can still get picked up if your car is not up to scratch, or if you are going WAAAAY too fast. I am also about to move up there in Jan

 

[Casio]

Is it true there are some sections of roads in the middle of the desert that are unrestricted? I heard that on V8 Supercars but wasn't sure if it was a joke or not.

Yes. In the Northern Terriory once you're 60km out of a Major Town (Or something like that). It's off limits.

The Stuart Highway runs for about 2,700km. Half of it has no limits.

EDIT: This thread has gone insane.

 

[guska]

Yes. In the Northern Terriory once you're 60km out of a Major Town (Or something like that). It's off limits.

The Stuart Highway runs for about 2,700km. Half of it has no limits.

Actually, it is well signposted.

 

[amp88]

Cool. Another thing I like about Australia (it's probably my favourite country behind Scotland) is the no-nosense naming policy. The best exaple I can think of is the "Great Sandy Desert". Are there any other examples of this kind of naming?

 

[ExigeEvan]

Yes. In the Northern Terriory once you're 60km out of a Major Town (Or something like that). It's off limits.

The Stuart Highway runs for about 2,700km. Half of it has no limits.

EDIT: This thread has gone insane.

Evo magazine drove a Monaro along it (Part of the no limits magazine. Also went to AutoBahn and artic I think )

2 birds got sucked into the grill

 

[Jay]

What's the biggest can of beer you can buy?
Is it true there are some sections of roads in the middle of the desert that are unrestricted? I heard that on V8 Supercars but wasn't sure if it was a joke or not.

I don't know anything about beer, don't drink it.

I hear these unrestricted roads are in the desert in the Northern territory.

*EDIT* it appears I am late to answer

 

[amp88]

How many babies a year does the average dingo eat?

 

[guska]

Cool. Another thing I like about Australia (it's probably my favourite country behind Scotland) is the no-nosense naming policy. The best exaple I can think of is the "Great Sandy Desert". Are there any other examples of this kind of naming?

It may interest you to know, that there is also a "Small Sandy Desert" or something, and that neither of them ar all sandy, mainly rock, with a light sprinkling of dust.

 

[Cap'n Jack]

What's the biggest can of beer you can buy?

Once when I was on a holiday in New South Wales I recall seeing somebody running across the beach with a quite large can of beer. Probably some novelty thing, as I've never seen another like it, except on The Simpsons.

 

[Gen.]

We eat Kangaroos and Emu's.

 

[Cap'n Jack]

Yes, I've tried kangaroo a few times, it wasn't actully too bad.

 

[guska]

We also eat Crocs (if you don't get caught) and Rabbits, and quails

 

[Jay]

We also eat Crocs (if you don't get caught) and Rabbits, and quails

Who's 'we'?

Though my grandfather liked Rabbit.

 

[guska]

Who's 'we'?

Though my grandfather liked Rabbit.

Quite a few Australians, or is it just the people I know???

 

[vladimir]

One thing you must really look-out for in Australia is those darn Drop Bears, they're something you really need to look out for in "well-tree'd" areas.

yeah i heard about those. they're a bloody plague.

We also eat Crocs (if you don't get caught) and Rabbits, and quails

whats wrong with rabbit, we eat that too. 👍

 

[somebody]

The largest can of beer is, I believe, 440mL. You can, however, buy a "Darwin stubbie" which is 2L but it's very rare.

Dingoes have attacked a very small number of people but there are only 2 incidents where children have been killed.

In addition to the Aussie pizza we also have an Aussie hotdog - normal hotdog with baked beans.

We also put beetroot in our hamburgers.

Place names - Great Dividing Range - it's a great big range of hills dividing the eastern coast from the inland.

 

[vladimir]

We also put beetroot in our hamburgers.

now that is disgusting!

i was forced to eat that **** in form of salad in kindergarten...since then i have never even seen the stuff anymore. it appeared to me that it was the kind of food that only existed to torture kids in the kindergarten.

 

[guska]

Oh, and don't forget the pie floater!

A meat pie floating in pea and ham soup! Bloody awesome!

-edit-

The Great Ocean Road - A long road, with a great view of the ocean.

There is also a road near where I used to live, called "9-mile Road" it is a dirt road, that is almost exactly...you guessed it! 9-MILES LONG!!!!